One of those defendants caught on camera was Polk County’s Jonathan Pollock, who federal authorities said fought with and used a riot shield against Capitol Police. After evading capture for three years, he was awaiting trial at the time of Trump’s pardon.

The Oath Keepers founder met with Republican Rep. Gus Bilirakis of Florida to lobby for a pardon for fellow Oath Keeper and January 6 rioter Jeremy Brown, who was sentenced to seven years in prison on weapons charges.

President Donald Trump pardoned all of the nearly 1,600 people charged in connection with the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol and commuted the sentences for 14.

President Donald Trump enacted this pardon just hours after his inauguration, making it one of 46 presidential actions Monday.

Joseph Biggs, a member of the Proud Boys from Ormond Beach, had a 17-year sentence commuted by Trump. Prosecutors said Biggs led a group of rioters chanting, “Whose house? Our house,” to tear down fencing and burst through barricades at the Capitol. Biggs famously bragged on video: “We’ve gone through every barricade thus far.”

Rhodes was sentenced to 18 years in May 2023 after a jury found him guilty of conspiring to stop the transfer of power and other charges. In September 2023, Tarrio, who asked Trump for a full pardon on the fourth anniversary of the insurrection, was sentenced to 22 years.

Several Florida names are on that list, including Joe Biggs of Ormond Beach, the leader of the Volusia County Proud Boys, and Oath Keepers Joseph Hackett, Kenneth Harrelson, Kelly Meggs and David ...

Rhodes was convicted by a federal jury of sedition conspiracy in connection with the attack on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. President Trump pardoned him on Monday.

A federal judge on Friday barred Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes, Florida chapter leader Kelly Meggs of Marion County, and others from entering Washington, D.C., without the court’s approval after President Donald Trump commuted the group leader’s 18-year prison sentence for orchestrating an attack on the U.

A federal judge on Friday barred Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes, Florida chapter leader Kelly Meggs of Marion County, and others from entering Washington, D.C., without the court’s approval

Newly freed Jan. 6 convicts are storming Washington. Not with baseball bats, flag poles and stolen riot shields—but with a thirst to wield influence. Some of the rioters who fought “like hell” for President Donald Trump on Jan.